My Maytag side by side MSD2758DRW ice maker no longer makes ice. The arm was having trouble "pushing" the cubes out awhile back, so I disconnected the icemaker power coupling. I tried plugging it back in to do some troubleshooting, and the arm just keeps going around and around (no water or ice are in the tray). No water comes to fill the tray. The water dispenser in the door works fine.
I previously had problems with the fill tube in the past, so that was the first thing I tried. I checked the fill tube to make sure it was not frozen, and even ran the blow dryer to melt anything that might have been frozen in the fill tube.
In addition, it seemed that the push arm was having trouble pushing the ice out, so when I used the blow dryer on the fill tube, it also seems to have warmed up the ice tray enough so that it was able to cycle once more. However, this was months ago, and I never got it to fill again.
To review:
-Ice maker is not making ice.
-No water is going into ice maker.
-Fill tube is not clogged, I already used a blow dryer.
-If ice maker is plugged in, the roatating arm of the ice MAKER (not dispenser) keeps rotating. For lack of a better term, let's call it the rotating "ice pusher" that dispenses the ice into the bin.
I'm leaning towards just buying another icemaker and installing it, but wondering if the issue is with the thermostat or another part.

Its
a ice-maker problem.The rotating arm should stop.But still there is
no ice been made this indicates that the problem is in the Thermostat as its
not sensing the water temperature and the procedure is not starting at all.get
the thermostat checked.If the thermostat is fine then its ice maker
problem.To test the thermostat:--The thermostat is located
near the bottom of the support box. The thermostat is connected by two or three
wires. Label the wire placement before disconnecting them. Remove the thermostat
by loosening the clamp, by pushing back the retainer clips, or by removing the
retaining screws.Test the thermostat for
continuity using a multimeter set to the ohms setting X1. Start by
testing the thermostat when it has come up to room temperature (about 20
minutes after removing it from the freezer).If the thermostat has two
wires touch one probe to each wire. You should get a reading of infinity. Chill
the thermostat in the freezer for about twenty minutes and retest. This time
you should get a reading of zero (continuity).If the thermostat has
three wires, number them 1, 2 and 3. Test combinations 1 & 2, 1 & 3 and
2 & 3 and write down the results. Two of the combinations should yield a
reading of infinity and one should yield a reading of zero. Now chill the
thermostat in the freezer for about twenty minutes and retest. The
combination that had a zero reading before, should now have a reading of
infinity. One of the two other combinations should now yield a zero reading.If the thermostat fails this
test, it should be replaced.Here's how
ice makers work:First, the
ice maker signals the water-fill valve to open and flow into the ice maker tray
the amount of water specified by the internal motor and switch.When the
water tray thermostat senses that the tray has reached a certain temperature,
it signals the ice maker to begin ejecting the cubes.The ice maker
turns on the ice cube tray heater, which warms the tray enough for the ice
cubes to move freelThen the
sweep fork rotates and pushes the cubes up and out of the tray. Or, if the ice
maker has a push bar instead, it pushes the cubes up and out of the tray.While the ice
maker is dumping the cubes into the holding bin, the metal wire swings up to
let the cubes drop down.When the
cubes have dropped, the wire goes back down, unless the holding bin is full. If
the bin is full, the wire can't go all the way back down, which turns off the
ice maker until there's room in the bin for more ice.When the wire
goes all the way back down, the ice maker refills with water and repeats the
process.Thanks. Keep updated for any more query. You can rate this
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